Flash Flood Warning

FFWILX

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Champaign County in east central Illinois...

* Until 800 AM CDT.

* At 323 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Trained spotters reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, Savoy, Mahomet, St. Joseph, Tolono, Fisher, Philo, Sidney, Homer, Thomasboro, Gifford, Ogden, Pesotum, Bondville, Sadorus, Broadlands, Ivesdale and Willard Airport.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 72 between mile markers 174 and 182. Interstate 74 between mile markers 169 and 197. Interstate 57 between mile markers 218 and 257.